Railroad-tie.



H W. HUFFMAN.

RmLRoAn ne. APPLICATION man Aue?. 1916. l @YMM Patented Fete, 26, M918.j v y) l. Y

Witnesses lnve ntor Attorneys HENRY W. HUFFMAN, 0F HEMPHILL, TEXAS.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented heb., 26, idle..

Application filed August 7, 1916. Serial No. 113,618.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY WV. HUFFMAN, a citizen of the United. States,residing at Hemphill, in the county of Sabine and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Railroad-Tie, of which the following is aspecication.

This invention relates to metallic railway ties, one of its objectsbeing to provide an all metal tie which is simple in construction, andwhich. will provide a resilient support for the rails so thatapproximately the same cushioning effect is obtained where wooden tiesare employed.

A stll further object is to provide simple and efficient means forfastening rails to the tie.

Viith the :foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, Without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre` ferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings Figure l is a side elevation of a tie embodying thepresent improvements, one of the rails and its fastening means beingshown in position thereon.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 8 is a section on line 3-3 Fig. l.

YFig. e is a perspective view of one of the fastening wedges.

F ig. is a similar view of the wedge with one end bent to preventwithdrawal of the wedge from engagement with a rail and tie.

Referring lto the figures by characters of reference l designates theweb of the tie the same being provided, at each end, with oppostelyextending base flanges 2. Eze tending into the web from each end of thetie is a longitudinal slot 3 located close to the bottom of the web andformed at the top of the web and above each of the slots 3 is anenlargement 4l in which is provided transverse recess 5 constituting arail seat. The walls of the recess overhang the bottom thereof, as shownparticularly in Fig. l and formed in the bottom of each recess close@epics of this. patent may be obtained for to the inner wall thereof isa key receiving depression 6 the walls of which overhang the bott-om ofthe depression andv the inner one of which alines with the adjacent wallof the recess 5, as clearly shown at the right of Fig. l.

rlhe rails lt are adapted to rest upon the bottoms of the recesses 5 andto extend .partly over the depressions G. Each of these depressions isadapted to receive a longitu dinally channeled key or wedge 7, thechannel being adapted to receive the inner base flange of the rail. Thebottom of the wedge is adapted to rest .in the depression G while thetop thereof is designed to overhang the inner base flange of the rail.The outer base flange of the rail will be engaged and overhung by theouter wall of the recess 5. il] hen the wedge is positioned in thedepression 6 it is driven longitudinally until it binds tightly on thewall of the depression and also upon the inner base flange of the rail.rllhe small end of the key is split longitudinally as at S and after thekey has been driven to its proper position, the fingers 9 and l0 formedby splitting the end of the key are bent so as to prevent withdrawal ofthe key from the recess. rlhus the rail will be held securely to the tieand cannot become separated therefrom until after the fingers 9 and l0have been straightcned and the key withdrawn from the recess o. Byproviding the slots 3, sntiicient resiliency is obtained to prevent tierails from breaking when subjected to the pounding action of the wheelspassing thereover.

l/Vhat is claimed isz- A railway tie, comprising a web, there being baseflanges at the ends of the web and extending a short distancelongitudinally thereof, there being top flanges overlying the inner endsof the base flanges, said top iianges provided with cut-away portionsforming rail seats, and said web having notches communicating with thecut-away portions for the reception of rail locking means andlongitudinally extending slots overlying the base flanges.

in testimony that l claim the yforegoing as my own, l have heretoaiiixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY VJ. HUFFMAN.

Witnesses:

liars HAGAN, TnNNin MINTON.

five cents each` by addressing the Commissioner of' EatenYS, Washington,JD. GJ

